Writing

How to Write For Video Games Part 1: World Plotting

by Neal Jansons May 23, 2009 Writing

As some of my faithful readers from the old days at thePuckWrites may remember, I wrote the story, quests, and designed the classes for an upcoming online game called Ghostees!. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work, and since I know that many young creatives feel drawn to games (I know [...]

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Four Sites to Sell Your Writing Online

by Neal Jansons April 3, 2009 Writing

Real writers get paid. You hear me? Remember this, always. Want to know when you can call yourself a writer? The first time you get paid to write. I know this sounds mercenary as hell, but think it through. Carpenters get paid. Plumbers get paid. Surgeons get paid. Only in the creative fields do we [...]

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Skills That Pay The Bills: Copywriting, SEO, and Blogging

by Neal Jansons November 17, 2008 Writing

Hello, intrepid readers. We are going to shift gears a bit in this post and address an issue that is always near and dear to my heart: money. This is not to say that I am obsessed with wealth, but I certainly enjoy being able to live comfortably and enjoy my hobbies, which as a [...]

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Three Strategies for Success in New Media

by Neal Jansons October 31, 2008 Writing

Concern about the death of traditional print media is all over the blogosphere. Newspapers such as the Christian Science Monitor have been forced to take up online strategies in order to compete, and from this new approaches such as the New York Times social network have arisen. In light of this, the question arises:how can [...]

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Picking a Genre in New Media

by Neal Jansons October 16, 2008 Writing

Writers in traditional media eventually have to choose a genre to write in. No one can do everything, and so like every other profession, writers specialize. Some genres are defined by the type of settings and plots used, like horror, science-fiction, and fantasy. Others categories are defined by their content, like historical writings, academic works, [...]

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